Digital Transformation,Supply Chain Collaboration,and Supplier Innovation Efficiency
To investigate whether customers'digital transformation can enhance collaboration among enterprises within the supply chain,and thereby optimize suppliers'innovation efficiency,this paper empirically examines the impact and mechanisms of customers'digital transformation on suppliers'innovation efficiency from a supply chain perspective.Using data from A-share listed companies in the supply chain from 2008 to 2022,the results demonstrate that customers'digital transformation has a backward spillover effect within the supply chain,significantly improving suppliers'innovation efficiency.The impact is more pronounced when customers have greater market influence,suppliers are in high-tech industries,and the geographical distance between suppliers and customers is larger.Mechanism tests reveal that customers'digital transformation can enhance supply chain collaboration through collaborative transformation,collaborative innovation,and trust reinforcement,thereby improving suppliers'innovation efficiency.Based on the perspective of supply chain collaboration,this paper provides policy recommendations to maximize the role of digitalization in promoting enterprise innovation.
digital transformationsupply chain collaborationinnovation efficiency